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				<h1 class="firstHeading">Help:An Introduction to BioBricks</h1>
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			<a name="BioBricks.E2.84.A2"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">BioBricks™</span></h2>
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<p><a href="http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Help:BioBrick_Prefix_and_Suffix" class="external text" title="http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Help:BioBrick_Prefix_and_Suffix" rel="nofollow"><img src="Help%20An_Introduction_to_BioBricks_files/Partinplasmid.png" alt="Partinplasmid.png"></a>
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<p>BioBricks™ is a standard for interchangable parts, developed with a 
view to building biological systems in living cells. The picture to the 
left shows BioBrick™ part <a href="http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php/Part:BBa_B0034">BBa_B0034</a> within a <a href="http://partsregistry.org/Help:Plasmids" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Plasmids">plasmid</a>. The part is flanked by a standard BioBrick™ <a href="http://partsregistry.org/Help:BioBrick_Prefix_and_Suffix" title="Help:BioBrick Prefix and Suffix">prefix (P) and suffix (S)</a>. Click the image to find out more or alternatively see:
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<ul><li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/BioBrick_Part_Definition" class="mw-redirect" title="BioBrick Part Definition">Definition of a BioBrick™ part</a>     <small><font color="red"><b>(Important! Please read)</b></font></small>
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<ul><li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Help:Plasmids" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Plasmids">Plasmids Introduction</a>
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<a name="Building_BioBrick.E2.84.A2_Systems"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Building BioBrick™ Systems</span></h2>
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<p>BioBrick™ parts can be assembled to form useful devices, through a 
process often referred to as 'Standard Assembly'. BioBrick™ parts are <a href="http://partsregistry.org/Assembly:Composable" title="Assembly:Composable">composable</a>; allowing endless numbers of Biobrick™ parts to be pieced together to form complex systems.
</p><p>The assembly to the left shows 3 BioBrick™ parts assembled to create a simple device.Find out more about <a href="http://partsregistry.org/Help:BioBrick_Assembly" title="Help:BioBrick Assembly">BioBrick™ assembly</a>.
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